Our condolences go out to the family of Junpei Takiguchi. AnimeNews Network reported his passing this morning. He was known for his voice work in Yattaman as Dottor Dokrobei and his numerous other works. Thank you for all you gave us.
Archive for August, 2011
More CrossGen Titles Coming from Marvel
August 29th, 2011 
RAB Marvel’s site has announced that it will have two more CrossGen mini-series. The first will be Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, written by Peter Milligan with art by Ramon Rasanas. The second is Route 666, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with art by Peter Nguyen. Each title will be a four issue mini-series with Kiss Kiss Bang [...]
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Tags: CrossGen, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Marvel, Marvel Entertainment, Peter Milligan, Peter Nguyen, Ramon Rasanas, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Route 666 
Comments OffDon’t be Afraid of the Dark …
August 25th, 2011 RAB If your patrons taste run to the darker side of fantasy and horror this weekend gives them Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a Gillermo Del Toro film. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer.
Catsuka’s Tribute to Satoshi Kon
August 25th, 2011 RAB The website Catsuka has posted “A Tribute to Satoshi Kon”, a well known movie/anime director, on-line. The tribute contains photos of a variety of artists paying homage to Satoshi Kon. This is a French website, but they do have an English link which is linked below. I have also provide the French and Japanese links [...]
Colombiana Opens This Weekend
August 24th, 2011 RAB For your patrons that are action thriller fans they have Colombiana coming out this weekend. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer below.
Tiger & Bunny Trailer
August 24th, 2011 RAB Tiger and Bunny has been simulcasting on YouTube’s VizMedia Channel. It has been getting good reviews from the people I’ve talked to about it and what I have read about it. This might be one to put on your purchase order for when the complete season becomes available to purchase for your library. Thanks to [...]
Posted in Movie Trailers Tags: Anime, Tiger & Bunny, Tiger and Bunny, Viz Media, YouTube Comments OffThe Clone Wars Season 4 Trailer
August 24th, 2011 RAB Thanks to TheForcenet Channel, on YouTube, and Cartoon Network for providing a trailer for the upcoming season of the Clone Wars. It is set for a one hour premiere on September 16 at 8:00 p.m./7:00p.m. Central. So prepare yourself for more Wars.
Posted in Movie Trailers Tags: Cartoon Network, Clone Wars, George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars the Clone Wars, The Clone Wars Comments OffThings Get Ugly
August 24th, 2011 RAB ICv2 is reporting that Del Rey Books has acquired the rights to produce graphic novels set in the world of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies. Westerfeld is set to co-write the stories with Devin Grayson. It is also mentioned that the property is in development for a live action movie. http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/20909.html
AMV of the Week
August 23rd, 2011 RAB Our AMV of the week comes from YouTuber miraclefalcon. The music for the video is “Letting Go” performed by Linkin Park and the animation is from Angel Beats. Miraclefalcon states that this video was a finalist at the Otakon 2011 and Katsucon 2011 contests. After watching the AMV I can see why. The editing is [...]
Posted in AMV Spotlight/Music Tags: AMV, Angel Beats, Animated Music Video, Anime, Katsucon 2011, Letting Go, Linkin Park, miraclefalcon, Otakon 2011, YouTube Comments OffNew Company Testing the Waters
August 23rd, 2011 RAB ICv2 reports that Innovation Network Corp. of Japan (INCJ) is funding a new Japanese entertainment company. The company is All Nippon Entertainment Works and is scheduled to launch in October. The company will have it’s fingers in films, TV shows, novels, manga, and other aspects of entertainment. Hopefully this company might pick up some of [...]
Posted in News Tags: All Nippon Entertainment Works, Anime, INCJ, Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, Manga, TokyoPop Comments Off
